LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS: 12 risky players WORTH gambling on this fantasy season

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Live from the Venetian in Las Vegas, we have a very special edition of the pod with Matt Harmon and crew going all in on identifying 12 risky players worth gambling on this fantasy season. Scott Pianowski, Justin Boone and Charles McDonald join Harmon in trying to make the 'boom' case for the most polarizing fantasy players this draft season. If these players hit they could lead you to fantasy championships in 2025.

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0:00.0	Big show for you here today.
0:02.4	Scott Pianowski, Charles McDonald, and Justin Boone, join me to give our risky players
0:09.0	that are worth gambling on this year.
0:12.2	We go all over the draft board.
0:14.1	We got rookie running backs.
0:15.3	We got veteran wide receivers.
0:16.8	We got some real disagreement here.
0:19.0	All that more coming up on today's show.
0:21.0	Let's get into it.
0:34.4	What's going on, everybody?
0:35.5	I'm Matt Harmon.
0:36.4	Welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy forecast, and and it is truly a hell of a day to talk ball.
0:42.8	And join me to do just that here in Las Vegas is just three of the most elite fantasy football minds you could ever possibly have here.
0:52.4	So Charles McDonald, what's going on, buddy?
0:55.0	If you want to lose money, listen, very, very carefully today.
1:00.4	In addition to Charles McDonald somehow crashing this podcast, we also have two favorites, two of
1:06.2	our good friends. Scott Pienowski, Justin Boone. Scott, what's going on, buddy?
1:10.1	It's great to be here, although I'm losing about $100 an hour with my inability to play poker talking to you guys. But, hey, for the greater fantasy good, I'm happy to do it. What a man of the people. Boon, what's going on, buddy? Just excited to continue to meet Yahoo folks in person over the last couple of weeks. I've pretty much gotten to meet everybody and we're keeping it going.
1:25.5	Exciting time of year and excited to be here. You'll get over it soon. Yeah. Yeah. The shine wears off soon enough. After like probably what, Charles? A day. 15, 20 Harmon shows like that that's where the that's where it gets pretty awful. Boone isn't sick of us by the end of the weekend. We've done something. Yeah. No question about that way.
1:27.5	You guys are not sick of us.
2:05.5	You out there listening, watching. You're not sick of the great stuff here at Yahoo. Because not only is it a special week at Yahoo! Because we are all here today together in Las Vegas at the Venetian. We're also here for the Yahoo Fantasy Marathon. and you can now watch this show, the Yahoo Fantasy forecast on the Yahoo Sports Network,
2:08.3	our first ever streaming TV channel.
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